Chapter 5: Meeting Makarov

In a forest near Hargeon Town

Natsu slowly regained his consciousness. At first, he was confused where he was but after looking all over the place he quickly figured it out.

'So, it's finally the time huh.' thought Natsu with a sigh. He quickly noticed a scaly scarf left with him. He wore the scarf the same way in the anime.

'I'll always remember you Igneel. I'll become the strongest in this world and defeat Acnologia so you can rest easy.' thought Natsu as he started walking randomly in the forest.

Soon, Natsu caught a human scent. He quickly went over the smell and met Makarov Dreyar.

Makarov is an extremely short, elderly man. He has black eyes and is growing bald with only the outer rims of his head containing white hair. He also has a thick white mustache. He has a black stamp of the Fairy Tail guild mark that covers his entire chest area.

Makarov quickly caught sight of Natsu running toward him. He was a bit surprised to see a pink-haired child running toward him as it isn't a common hair color in Fiore.

"Hello young one, what are you doing here in the forest? Where are your parents?" asked Makarov. He was heading back to his guild from the Guild Master gathering and met a child on the back in the forest. So, he was a bit curious about the child.

"Hello, I'm Natsu Dragneel. I was searching for my adoptive father in the forest when I noticed a human smell here. Have you seen a big red lizar- I mean dragon anywhere? He's my adoptive father, Igneel." answered Natsu following it with his question.

"Are you sure your father is a dragon? It's been more than 400 years since the last dragon was sighted," asked Makarov doubtfully.

"Of course. I'm a fire dragon slayer. My dad taught me to use this magic." Natsu said igniting his fist on fire to show his fire dragon slaying magic.

'He's so young but has so much magic inside him. I don't know about his dragon father but I can't have him joining the dark path. I'll guide him toward the light like the first master Mavis said.' thought Makarov.

"Well, I haven't seen a dragon on my way here. If you don't mind me asking what do you plan to do now?" Makarov asked.

"I don't know. I plan to find my dad and become stronger I guess," said Natsu after thinking for a while.

"Then, why don't you join a guild? You will find it a lot easier to gather information in a guild. You can also do quests to earn some money and defeat monsters." said Makarov trying to tempt Natsu into joining his guild.

"Hmm... that's a really good plan but I don't know any guild to join," said Natsu with a sour face.

"That isn't a problem. You see, I'm Makarov Deyar, guild master of Fairy Tail guild. You can join my guild and make lots of friends." said Makarov giving a tempting offer to Natsu.

'Well that was easy.' thought Natsu inwardly chuckling.

"Sure Gramps! It's not like I lose anything joining a guild anyway. I can always quit if I feel uncomfortable." replied Natsu accepting his offer.

Makarov was a bit surprised to hear Natsu calling him so intimately but wasn't against it. He brought Natsu to Hargeon Town and took a train back to Magnolia. Natsu is still young and hasn't matured enough to get motion-sickness on moving vehicles. On the way back they talked about lots of different stuff about fairy tail and Natsu's past.

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